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About Wil

Anne Arundel County
A photograph is a statement made by the artist. It encapsulates an individual reaction to a place, a person, or a thing encountered in the world. Once sent into the world, the photograph becomes a link between the maker and the usually unseen viewer, who makes it their own. The power of photography lies in that transformative moment.
Thirty years as a museum educator at the National Gallery of Art kept me in constant contact with the work of great photographers.  One of the first… more
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People

Most people share basic life experiences of childhood, adulthood, old age, joy and sadness, triumph and failure.  In unguarded moments their experiences can sometimes appear on their faces for the photographer to recognize and record, thus to share in the experience and pass it on to others.
Street photography offers endless opportunities to witness the flow of life through public spaces around us.  A camera paradoxically separates the photographer from the subject only to thrust the subject of the photo into a larger world to connect with a multitude of viewers.
All of the photographs in this project have been made in the last two years with a Canon 5d iii and a 24-105 lens.  They are a marked departure from my earlier photographs concentrating on architecture and landscape.
  • Phantoms
    Phantoms
    Cities are harsh and lonely places for the disadvantaged. Cold and rain only make it worse. A friend, a shared cigarette give some comfort on the December streets of west Baltimore.
  • Just A Little Further.jpg
    Just A Little Further.jpg

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  • Mannequins.jpg
    Mannequins.jpg
    Wherever people possess smartphones we see them motionless, frozen in place, in prayerful communion with this tiny device, linked to what or whom. For at least a moment these figures face one another like mannequins in a window display.
  • Baltimore Sun (1 of 1).jpg
    Baltimore Sun (1 of 1).jpg
  • On the Street Budapest
    On the Street Budapest
    Every large city surges with energy. People, places, and things to see. Some navigate the scene with ease; others cringe. They are all under the same sun and part of the same organism.
  • Red, White, and Blue.jpg
    Red, White, and Blue.jpg
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  • Our Beach
    Our Beach
    If you're fortunate, you have a special someone and a special place where the rest of the world vanishes. Mountaintops, empty seas, or a wide sand beach will do. Quiet solitude brings peace.
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    Scott_Wil_1.jpg
  • Scott_Girl.jpg
    Scott_Girl.jpg
    Young children are not always laughing and active. Nor are they always petulant and crying. There are moments when they become quiet, mysterious, and seem to view the world with preternatural calm.
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    • Nature

    We are part of nature and enmeshed in its beauty and ugliness.  Entrancing, even awe-inspiring nature, was a primary motivation for my earliest serious photography.  Although I have concentrated on other subjects recently, I continue to find inspiration in the beauty of the natural world, in my backyard garden and beyond.

    • Fisherman's Paradise_2.jpg
      Fisherman's Paradise_2.jpg

      digital photo on archival paper, 16x20, 2023, 3/5

      Available for Purchase
    • Path Through the Mist.jpg
      Path Through the Mist.jpg

      digital photo on archival paper, 20x16, 2022, 5/5

      Available for Purchase
    • Alaskan Sunset.jpg
      Alaskan Sunset.jpg

       Digital photo on archival paper, 16x20, 2023, 4/5. The long Alaskan days allow sunsets of extraordinary duration and variety. This was near the passage into the open Pacific near the southern panhandle of Alaska.

      Available for Purchase
    • North Shore, Oahu.jpg
      North Shore, Oahu.jpg

      digital photo on metallic paper, 16x20, 2023, 2/5

      Available for Purchase
    • Sunset Glow.jpg
      Sunset Glow.jpg
      The setting and rising sun bathes even the most ordinary things in a wash of pulsating warmth. Phragmites become glowing torches.
    • Autumn Mist.jpg
      Autumn Mist.jpg

      digital photo on archival paper, 20x30, 2022, 1/5

      Available for Purchase
    • Busy Road in Nebraska.jpg
      Busy Road in Nebraska.jpg

      digital photo on archival paper, 24x18, 2023, 1/5

      Available for Purchase
    • Medusa.jpg
      Medusa.jpg
      A famous wysteria vine, admired for its spring-time beauty is revealed in winter bareness. Rot and decay are apparent, but it has a sensuous rhythmic power able to resist the restricting geometry of the ashlar stone wall behind it.
    • ScottW05.jpg
      ScottW05.jpg
      Elemental, unpredictable, constantly changing, clouds are nature in its purest essence. Every human emotion can be stirred by clouds, from terror and despair to hope and joy. This surging, rising mass appeared on the horizon at the end of a midsummer day.
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